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resume
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resume as in: resume the meeting

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    She decided to resume her studies after taking a year off to travel.
    resume = begin again
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    When they stood up fully, to resume work, only small cracks of their uniform could be seen.  (source)
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    Then darkness and the sounds of the forest resume.  (source)
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    Inger was smiling when she resumed her seat.  (source)
    resumed = took again
    standard suffix: The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. When a word ends in "me", a "p" is often added as in assume to assumption, consume to consumption and resume to resumption.
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    Looking back, Gennaro saw the compys resume their feeding.  (source)
    resume = begin again
    editor's notes: Do not confuse résumé with resume. A résumé refers to someone's qualifications for a job. It is pronounced rez–oo-may. Resume is pronounced ree-zoom. Because English keyboards typically lack the é character, you will sometimes see resume written in place of résumé.
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    he saw no obstacle to their happy life resuming its course.  (source)
    resuming = beginning again
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    FRANK resumes his seat.  (source)
    resumes = begins again to take (goes back to)
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    Chicago was a break in my journey, a resumption of my name, identity, and happy marital status.†  (source)
    resumption = the act of beginning again
    standard suffix: The suffix, "-tion" converts the verb to a noun. (When the verb ends in "me," the suffix often becomes "-mption" as with presume/presumption, redeem/redemption, and resume/resumption.)
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    Then he placed the paper squares before the secretary and resumed his seat.  (source)
    resumed = took again
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    He had fallen asleep in the middle of the marketplace, and life in the plaza was about to resume.  (source)
    resume = begin again
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    The Nazis gave us time to wake and stir before resuming the march, which was a small mercy.  (source)
    resuming = beginning again
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    He resumes his pacing, counting to himself, and reaches the wall.  (source)
    resumes = begins again
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    The "Dark Ages" were merely the resumption of a natural way of life that had been momentarily interrupted by the Greeks.†  (source)
    resumption = the act of beginning again
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résumé as in: submitted her résumé

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She submitted her résumé along with a cover letter to apply for the job.
résumé = summary of qualifications
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    Her impressive résumé showcased good grades and work experience.
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    The first line of Walt's résumé reads "Clearance: Current U.S. Department of Defense Top Secret."  (source)
    resume = a written, brief summary of a person's qualifications to do something
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    That gives you one whole night to work on your sorry excuse for a résumé.  (source)
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    However, despite my sterling bogus résumé, the only job I'd been able to get was as a tier-one technical support representative at Helpful Helpdesk Inc., one of the contract firms GSS used to handle OASIS customer service and support.  (source)
    résumé = qualifications for a job
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    I guess he didn't put the bank job on his résumé.  (source)
    resume = a written, brief summary of a person's qualifications to do something
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    I needed to read the résumés, your situation reports to yourself.†  (source)
    résumés = brief written summaries of people's qualifications
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    The "white" résumés have always gleaned more job interviews.  (source)
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    I was probably being overconfident: My grades and résumé were fine but not fantastic.  (source)
    résumé = a person's qualifications to do something
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    I hand him my résumé and sample articles I'd written in school.  (source)
    resume = a written, brief summary of a person's qualifications to do something
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    I sent out résumés to several papers, and, in the end, I had some choices.†  (source)
    résumés = brief written summaries of people's qualifications
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    According to such a study, if DeShawn Williams and Jake Williams sent identical résumés to the same employer, Jake Williams would be more likely to get a callback.  (source)
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    After three months of rejections, I added "Julie" to my résumé.  (source)
    résumé = a written, brief summary of a person's qualifications to do something
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    This was the résumé of the man who was trying out for what might be said to be, without exaggeration, one of the most important jobs of the twentieth century.  (source)
    resume = a person's qualifications to do something
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rare meaning

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    Classics cut to fit fifteen-minute radio shows, then cut again to fill a two-minute book column, winding up at last as a ten —or twelve-line dictionary résumé.  (source)
    resume = summary
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    She could have gone in to her mother then and snuggled close beside her and begun a résumé of the day.  (source)
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    James's résumé had been scrutinized—he and his fighters were not the type to surrender.  (source)
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    A man who had recently returned from the Amazon gave me a devastating resume of the activities of one Philip Lombard.  (source)
    resume = summary
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    Was this guy a high-level target, meaning he had a résumé of previous attacks against coalition forces?  (source)
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    I have drawn up a short résumé of the situation as it appears from a reasonable man's point of view.  (source)
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